Bring Me The Maid could upset the blue-blood boys in ripper Rose

Chad Schofield on Bring Me The Maid during Guineas Day at Rosehill Gardens in March. Photo: Getty Images

Trainer Peter Moody holds the group1 trumps on Saturday with Bring Me The Maid at Rosehill Gardens and Dissident in Flemington's Makybe Diva Stakes.

Perhaps Bring Me The Maid will find stablemate Better Land the main danger in the $1million Golden Rose but Moody has a preference for the filly. He figures that in six months Better Land will be superior, but is not as seasoned at this stage as Bring Me The Maid and has applied blinkers to assist the colt.

Fillies have not figured prominently in the Golden Rose but the trainer puts this down to the best of them preferring other spring events.

However, some bookmakers, including Luxbet, will gamble against Bring Me The Maid.

Advertisement

"Keen to take on the favourite as history shows only one filly, Forensics, a Slipper winner, has been successful and the race that year was held in the autumn due to equine influenza," Luxbet's Tristan De Luca said.

Track conditions will play a role; a slow six is predicted, better than Randwick last Saturday but wet form promises to dominate, which should not inconvenience the Moody pair.

By the 1400-metre Rose, race seven, the pattern will suit Hallowed Crown, a real mudlark. However, Hallowed Crown eased on Betfair trading on Friday from $5.50 to $7, as did Bring Me The Maid ($3.30 to $4.60).

The most significant mover on the betting exchange was Sarajevo, from $23 to $13. When beaten at Rosehill Gardens last start, in the betting ring Sarajevo was about as unpopular as you can get.

See the original post here:
Bring Me The Maid could upset the blue-blood boys in ripper Rose